April 16, 2018 - Endress+Hauser submitted 261 patent applications in 2017. The company owns a total of 7,479 active property rights around the world. Innovators are honored at the Group’s annual Innovators’ Meeting.

In 2017 the Endress+Hauser Group once again invested more than seven percent of sales in research and development. Many of the developments stemmed from liquid analysis, level and flow measurement technologies.

2017 saw Endress+Hauser introduce 57 new products to the market, including the self-calibrating iTHERM TrustSens thermometer and the Promass Q, which delivers mass flow, volume flow and density measurements.

Apart from the eresearch and development activities, close cooperation with select universities and research institutes is another factor that helps the Endress+Hauser Group maintain innovation. The company also established a sensor automation lab on the campus of the University of Freiburg, Germany, where a team of scientists, researchers and developers will be tasked with creating innovative sensor technologies for the Group.

Endress+Hauser, a provider of measurement and automation technology, has traditionally placed a high value on research and development. Employees who make significant contributions to a patent filing are invited to an annual Innovators’ Meeting. Patents with particularly high business impact are recognized with special awards. This year’s event was held in mid-April in Denzlingen near Freiburg, Germany.